Domain Name News

On 26 March 2013, ICANN will unveil a global repository for trademark data, the first of its kind in the domain name space. The Trademark Clearinghouse will enable companies and individuals to protect their trademarks, …

FairWinds Partners consulting firm has written a blog post criticizing General Motors’ decision to withdraw three of its five new gTLD applications. GM withdrew 2 new gTLD applications last week and another one the week …

StubHub Inc., that is owned by Ebay, filed a UDRP complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The complaint was filed for 123 domain names, all relating to StubHub. All are StubHub.com typos such …

This past week 4 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. All 4 were brand new gTLDs. General Motors LLC withdrew 2 more gTLDs after …

Ambitions to create a genuinely multilingual Internet are being frustrated by technical gridlocks and the solid dominance of Latin script and the English language. Internet domains offering content in local languages and scripts need to …

A few days back I wrote how I almost lost my blog while it was hosted on WordPress hosting at Go Daddy. I was lucky and got all my files, and within a few hours …

Today, February 22 2013, Neustar Inc. announced to all of the .biz accredited registrars and ICANN that they will be increasing the annual wholesale .BIZ domain registry fee, effective September 1, 2013, following the required …

ICM Registry has been offering a list of 1046 .xxx domain names for sale with prices. So far 54 domain names have been removed from this list and have been sold or a sale is …

DomainNameSales.com has added a new “Escrow Integration” tab in the “Settings” section at Internet Traffic accounts. This allows DNS to integrate with Escrow.com for quicker, easier closing with your buyers. The New “Escrow Integration” tab …

ICANN sent a notice of termination of registrar accreditation agreement for the registrar Bargin Register, Inc. on the 20th of February 2013. Bargin Register, Inc.’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names …

ICANN meetings are held three times each year in different regions of the globe to enable attendees from around the world to participate in person. ICANN 46 is being held on 7-11 April 2013 at …

ICANN has released instructions and a request form for eligible governmental entities to request funding for filing objections. The Government Objection Funding Instructions provides the following: Governmental entity eligibility criteria; Instructions to complete the objection …

101domain.com just joined the SedoMLS Premium network. Sedo added the California based registrar continueing the SedoMLS expansion after Sedo adding Asian registrar Net-Chinese, Chinese Registrar 66.cn and Russian Reg.ru in the past couple of months. …

The National Arbitration Forum has secured the first appointment by ICANN to administer the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). FORUM submitted an outstanding proposal demonstrating how it would meet all requirements presented in the RFI …